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jeffbr (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:23 AM Original message |
Clinton: "reason to hope" Boeing to win Russia bid |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Better not be Dreamliners, |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Dreamliner is a mid-sized, wide-body. If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The 787 still hasn't had a test flight. It was orginally scheduled for Sept 2007, |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. And this is relevant how? The purchase is for NARROW BODY planes. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. My reference to Dreamliners was lighthearted. |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Boeing knows the meaning of "better to get it right than get it out the door" |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Agreed ++ |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Yeah but the 21 delays just so far is getting to the point of ridiculous. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Failure? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. A380 contracted units has been the most dismal launch of an aircraft to date. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The order book for the 787 is a crushing liability for Boeing and that title goes to the 767-400 |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. I know this if off topic |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. I hope they get the contract |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Agreed. Olympics, Nobel Peace Prizes, and Airplane contracts awarded to Americans is a good thing |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. So...our SOS is now personal shill for Boeing? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. What isn't free about it? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Using the State Department as a sales force, for one. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The govt isn't picking a winner & loser in this instance. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The government is putting its resources behind marketing a private company |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. This is not new and not unique to the United States |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Former French President Mitterand doesn't push neoliberal economics (when it's convenient) |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. of course he doesn't, good old Frank is dead |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. What part about "push neoliberal economics when its convenient" slipped by you? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. That is irrelevant |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. LOL, it's "irrelevant" inasmuch as it is embarassing and hypocritical. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH DOES THIS! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Caps lock problem aside, "EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH" (OMG!) doesn't preach Chicago School |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. If Friedrich Hayek's corpse personally wants to promote US exports, good for him. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Except he's singing a significantly different tune to people in my neck of the woods. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. it has nothing to do with either - promoting US exports is sound policy |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. LOL. I haven't been oblique. I'm speaking about the President's "free trade" stance, |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You mean the guy who saved the domestic auto industry, from its self inflicted demise? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. LULz. I think there's an auto thread in LBN for you to troll. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. oh thats right... the plight of Detroit is everyone in americas fault EXCEPT theirs |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Where's the Boeing Co. headquartered, out of curiousity? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. What the hell does this administration think it's doing... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Exactly! The horror. It might lead to more US jobs. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What other private corps does the State Dept. negotiate on behalf of (and are they hqed in Chicago?) |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Many |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. "Many" isn't much of an answer. How about this: which other companies is SOS Clinton pushing |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I would imagine many, |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. I would tend to doubt it.. Russia has its own domestic aircraft industry |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. not really in this area, |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. They are certainly cabable of designing and building one |
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